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New York PacketFriday, January 18, 1788 To the People of the State of New York: THE second point to be examined is, whether the convention were authorized to frame and propose this mixed Constitution. The […]

Everything looked to be on the up for America in the summer of 1941, unemployment was on a decline that reached its lowest point (9.66 percent) since 1930, temperatures were average, with the regions most […]

Independent JournalWednesday, January 16, 1788 To the People of the State of New York: THE last paper having concluded the observations which were meant to introduce a candid survey of the plan of government reported […]

On May 10, 1775, the American Founding Fathers convened the Second Continental Congress at the Pennsylvania Statehouse in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. With the Battles of Lexington and Concord still hot on their minds, and less than […]

Independent JournalSaturday, January 12, 1788 To the People of the State of New York: IT IS not a little remarkable that in every case reported by ancient history, in which government has been established with […]

Daily AdvertiserFriday, January 11, 1788 To the People of the State of New York: IN REVIEWING the defects of the existing Confederation, and showing that they cannot be supplied by a government of less energy […]

From the New York PacketTuesday, January 8, 1788 To the People of the State of New York: WE HAVE seen that the result of the observations, to which the foregoing number has been principally devoted, […]

On April 26, 1607, on the forested shores of Cape Henry in southern Virginia, three ships arrived from England, holding the first permanent English settlers. The settlement, founded by the Virginia Company, only consisted of […]

Independent JournalSaturday, January 5, 1788 To the People of the State of New York: BEFORE we proceed to examine any other objections to an indefinite power of taxation in the Union, I shall make one […]